PURPOSE: This rule requires that the railroad companies operating in Missouri provide telephone facilities so that those offices of the railroads controlling the movement of trains may be contacted by outside agencies in case of emergencies.

1. (1) Unless permission has been received from the division for a variance, every railroad operating within this state shall maintain an emergency telephone number twentyfour (24) hours a day at a location from which the railroad has immediate communication with the dispatcher or other railroad employees having control over the movement of trains.

2. (2) The railroad shall use the emergency telephone only for the purpose of receiving emergency communications and provide this division with the following:

   1. (A) Number of the telephone;
   2. (B) Location of the telephone; and
   3. (C) Notice of any change to the telephone number or location ten (10) days prior to the change.

AUTHORITY: section 622.027, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 265-8.012. Original rule filed May 2, 1991, effective Dec. 9, 1991. Moved and amended: Filed March 9, 2018, effective Oct. 30, 2018.

*Original authority: 622.027, RSMo 1985, amended 1993, 1995.